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1995 "Congo" premieres in USA
1979 Congo adopts constitution 1970 Nationalists disrupt United Nations session on Congo 1970 Marxist government takes over in Congo 1969 Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium 1969 Moise K Tsjombe, premier Congo/Zaire, dies 1969 Joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55 1967 Belgian embassy in Kinshasa, Congo, plundered 1967 Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme 1967 Congo sentences ex-premier Moise Tsjombe to death 1966 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire) 1966 Leopoldville Congo is renamed Kinshasa 1965 Congo military coup under General Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown 1964 Congo rebel leader Christopher Gbenye holds 60 Americans/800 Belgians 1964 Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville 1964 Moise Tsjombe becomes premier of Congo 1964 Last United Nations troops leave Congo 1964 Moise Tsjombe forms government in Congo 1962 Katanga becomes part of Democratic Republic of Congo 1961 Belgium and Congo resume diplomatic relations 1961 Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary General, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56 1961 Battles between United Nations and Katanga troops in Congo 1961 Cyrille Adula becomes premier of Congo 1961 Moise Tsjombe freed from prison in Congo 1961 Premier Moise Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo 1961 Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered at 34 1961 Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo 1961 Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba 1960 Patrice Lumumba caught in the Congo 1960 Patrice Lumumba flees Leopoldville Congo 1960 Coup under Col Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo 1960 President Kasavubu fires premier Lumumba of Congo 1960 Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Rep of Congo) forms 1960 Congo (formerly Congo/Brazzaville) declares Independence from France 1960 1st United Nations troops reach Congo 1960 Congo, Chad and Central African Republic declare independence 1960 Belgium sends troops to Congo 1960 Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo) declares independence from Belgium 1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo 1959 Patrice Lumumba arrested in Belgian Congo 1959 King Boudouin promises Belgian Congo independence 1958 Congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community 1956 Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80 1955 King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo 1954 Hans Lodeizen, Johan Frederik, poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26 1951 Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62 1948 Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo 1946 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66 1946 Stuart Pankin, born in Philadelphia, comedian, Striptease, Congo, Earl-Dinosaurs 1942 Michael Crichton, Chicago, novelist, Andromeda Strain, Congo, Looker 1931 Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo) 1925 Patrice E. Lumumba, born in Zaire, revolutionary/1st premier of Congo 1925 E Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo 1919 Moise Tshombe, President of Katanga, then premier of the Congo, Zaire 1915 Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65 1911 France and Germany signs treaty about Morocco and Congo 1910 Henri A Cornelis, Governor-General Belgian Congo/Rwanda-Urundi 1909 Ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65 1908 King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium 1908 Belgium annexes Congo Free State 1908 Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo 1908 U.S. and Great Britain demand end of abuses in Congo 1906 U.S. president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo 1906 NY American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed U.S. Senate commission on the Congo 1906 Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his private possession 1905 Pietro/Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, 1st French Congo Governor (1890-98), die 1905 Pierre de Braza, founder (French Congo), dies 1903 Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo 1903 King Leopold II deny Belgian cruelty in Congo 1903 British government protests against abuser in Belgian Congo 1900 Marc Allegret, French director, Voyage ouch Congo 1898 Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer/journalist, Mary, Revolt in Congo 1893 Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs 1892 ? de Bruyne, Belgian sergeant in Congo, murdered 1892 Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered 1892 Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed 1890 Captain Guillaume of Kerckhoven marches into Boma Congo 1890 King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium 1889 Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet 1888 James Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies 1888 Old Kavallison, Congo: Stanley meet Emin Pasha 1887 Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo 1887 Stanley's expedition reaches Yambuya waterfalls Congo 1885 Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium 1885 Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to England 1884 Netherlands recognizes king Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 German government recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 U.S. recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 U.S. Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo 1884 British and Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II 1882 Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo 1881 Henry M. Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch 1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch 1880 Henry Stanley and Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo 1880 Pierre de Brazza signs treaty with King Makoko of Congo 1880 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary, Congo 1879 Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo 1877 Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo 1877 Frank Pocock, British explorer, drowned in the Congo 1875 Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo 1858 Frederick Lugard, British captain/baron, Congo 1849 Albert J-BJ Thos, Belgian colonial pioneer, Congo 1844 Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer, 1st railway Congo. 1651 Flemish missionary Joris van Geel departs to Congo |
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